Improvement in trunk-locks



G. V.v LUGE. Trunk-Lock.

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N,PETERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C- UNITED Snares PATENTOFFICE.

GREENLEAF V. LUOE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNK-LOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,359, dated December9, 1879 application filed V To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GREENLEAF V. Loon,

of the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunk-Locks,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, whichv are made a part hereof, and on whichsimilar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved lock and the supplementallocking devices connected'therewith. Fig. 2 is an elevation of thereverse'side of the lock. Fig. 3 is a view of the reverse side of aportion of the front lock-plate with the lock mechanism removed. 'Fig. 4is a front elevation of the operating mechanism of the lock. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a transverse and nearly horizontalsection of the lock mechanism and adjacent parts on the dotted line a; win Figs. 1 and 4. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the key which operatesmy improved the lock mechanism; 0, the device with which the keyengages, and through which said key operates the lock-bolts; D, thelock-bolt of the main lock; D D the lock-bolts of the supplementallocking devices; E E, rods which connect the bolts D D to the bolt D; F,a spring-seated locking-pin, which engages in a corresponding recess,m', in the inner side of the plate B, and thus prevents the device 0from turning except when this pin is pushed back by the key in lookingor unlocking the lock G, the spring against which the pin F rests; H,the key, which is bored out to fit over the stem 0 on the device 0. Itis also cut away at the side at f to fit the pin F, and has aprojection, is, which engages in the notch k in the device 0, therebyturning said de vice, and, through the connection shown in parts arevery strong and simple, that the movement of the locking-pin F istransverse to that of the lock-bolt D, and that therefore no jar of thebolt or catch can disturb the engagement of said pin, and that thedistance between the pin F and recess k must be identical with thatbetween the notch f and projection 70 on the key otherwise the key couldnot fully enter the lock and as the distance may be varied a largenumber of times before again reaching the same relative positions as atfirst, a large number of locks may be made in which none of the keyswill fit any other than its own lock.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple, but at thesame time strong and secure, locking attachment for trunks,

chests, packing-boxes, tool-chests, 8250., and

this object is attained by the construction and arrangements of partshereinbeforedescribed. Having thus fully described my said invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the plate 13, recessed at b for the reception of thedevice 0, and having in the side of the recess 1) the smaller recess, m,for the reception of one side of the transversely-moving bolt F, thedevice 0, having stem 0, spring-seated bolt F, and notch k, thetrunk-key H, having a projection, k, and a recess, f, and the lock-boltand catch mechanism, all substantially as shown and specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis,Indiana, this 25th day of June, A. D. 187 9.

GREENLEAF V. LUOE;- [L. s.] In presence of- 0. BRADFORD, W. L.CORNELIUS.

